What's on for families in Leeds this weekend? (April 8 and 9)

Check out our guide to Easter Holiday family fun near you this weekend...

A Medieval Easter commenceth this Saturday at The Royal Armouries. As well as an exciting gallery programme of live interpretations, dramatic performances and combat demonstrations there will be a host of special not-to-be-missed events.

There's a Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at Fountains Abbey this weekend. Explore around every corner of the abbey ruins, follow the riverside path and work your way around the water garden to find them and get a yummy chocolate prize. £2 per trail.

What’s more, everyone will be rewarded with a delicious Cadbury chocolate treat at the end of each completed hunt.

It's Spring at Harewood House, so why not go along to meet their animal family in the Farm Experience with rabbits, guinea pigs, pygmy goats and more. Don’t miss the penguin feeding, minibeast trail and bright pink flamingos too!

Should you care for a day trip further afield, why not ravel along the Yellow Brick Road to Yorkshire Wildlife Park for their Wildest Wizard of Oz event! They’re celebrating L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz during the Easter holidays on April 8th, 9th & 10th. There’ll be two amazing LIVE shows from a cast of professional performers, children’s craft activities, a music workshop for little Munchkin’s, meet and greet opportunities with Dorothy and all her friends, face-painting, fairground side-stalls, storytelling, and more!

Make use of a nature pack to help you explore the grounds at Thwaite Mills Watermill this weekend, or pick up an artist pack and get inspired to get creative. From this Saturday and throughout the Easter Holidays they are also running Easter themed activities and a trail as well.

Lotherton Hall continue their Mad Hatter of an Easter with a varied programme of activities including daily springtime crafts, outdoor games and a Mad Hatter’s trail to explore the house and gardens. On special days play hopping games with the Easter Bunny, meet the Mad Hatter and friends, see live hatching displays in the bird garden and make a spring planter or basket.

At Leeds Industrial Museum this weekend and all over the Easter holidays you can learn all about fire. Go along to discover more about the important role of our fire and rescue services. See the beautiful Victorian fire engine, dress up as a fire officer, make fire engines, and see some of the wonderful fire services objects in the museum's collection.

There are three showings of The First Hippo on The Moon this Saturday at West Yorkshire Playhouse. From Number One bestselling children’s author David Walliams the puppetry-based show is an explosively funny space adventure for children of 3 and up. Two big hippos. One ENORMOUS dream. Who can make it to the moon first?

Showing at the Carriageworks Theatre this Saturday and written especially for children aged 2-7, Christopher Nibble is an uplifting story of one guinea pig’s selfless undertaking to help stop the disappearance of the delicious dandelion forever! Christopher Nibble knows that crunch time has come when there is just one dandelion left – but will this plucky little guinea pig have the flower power to save the day?

There's an Easter Art Workshop at The Tetley this Saturday. Taking inspiration from their current exhibition, Dora García: These Books Were Alive; They Spoke To Me, combine action and mark-making to create a concertina book! This drop-in activity is open to all but are especially suitable for families with children aged 5 – 11.

More arts and crafts this Saturday as Tykes monthly residency at the 'Belgrave Feast' in the Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen returns. Tykes provide arts and crafts, heaps of playdough, a soft area and plenty of seating, and it's all completely free. Downstairs there's street-food traders and plenty of beer... What more could you ask for from a Saturday?